11.   Voters remained generally calm despite the chaos, although the heat and long queues started to take their toll.

12.   Militants also torched several vehicles and set ablaze two government buildings in Hyderabad, a stronghold of MQM, which has so far remained calm despite bloodshed in Karachi.

13.   Observers in Yangon said they expected the junta would now seek to reassure the visiting Europeans that the situation in Myanmar remained calm despite the apparent averted coup attempt.

14.   The former general said the Chechen capital would be calm despite a threatened Russian attack.